Appeal Over Biden Minimum Wage EO Deemed Moot After Trump Rescission

( April 7, 2025, 9:14 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a February panel opinion finding a 2021 executive order (EO) by then-President Joseph R. Biden requiring various federal agencies to ensure that contractors and covered subcontractors pay specified workers a minimum of $15 per hour was “a valid exercise of the President’s authority under the FPASA [Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949]” after President Donald J. Trump revoked the EO, opining that “no live case or controversy” exists....